What is the MREC?	MREC Officers	Executive Committee
Board Meetings	Become a Member!	Membership Dues
History of the MREC	MREC Members	MREC Position Statements
MREC Website Policy	Strategic Plan	By-laws

What is the MREC?

The MREC is a membership organization of energy suppliers, energy service professionals and Land Grant Universities whose mission is to support outreach, education and research on rural energy issues for the benefit of:

• Farms and other rural energy consumers
• Rural energy suppliers
• Farm organizations and agricultural trade associations
• Electrical equipment and allied industries
• Government and regulatory agencies

Follow the links in the table above to learn more about the Midwest Rural Energy Council and its mission.

Officers

Position	Name	Affiliation	States served
President	Jason Kollwelter	We Energies	WI
Vice President	Matt O’Shea	Stearns Electric Association	MN
Treasurer	Corey Kuchta	WI Public Service	WI and MI
Secretary *	Doug Reinemann	University of Wisconsin	USA

 

* ex-officio

Executive Committee (in addition to the Officers)

Name	Affiliation	States served
Mark Weber	Whetstone Valley Electric Coop.	SD
Paul Gillis	Dairyland Power Coop.	WI, MN, IA & IL
Robert Fick	Alliant Energy	WI, IA

 

Directors (in addition to the Executive Committee and Officers)

Name	Affiliation	States served
Paul Erickson	Central Iowa Power Cooperative	IA
Alan Fazio	Lake Region Electric Coop.	MN
Patrick Soukup	Central Electric Cooperative, Inc.	SD
Kevin Schnack	Xcel Energy	MN, SD, & WI
Jim Johnson	Otter Tail Power	MN, ND
Reggie Gassman	Sioux Valley Energy	SD
Regi Goodale	Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives	IA
Van Kelley*	South Dakota State University	SD
Kevin McLean	Minnesota Power	MN
Jay Harmon *	Iowa State University	IA
Ken Hellevang*	North Dakota State University	ND
Jerry Sorenson	Riverland Energy Coop	WI
Erin Cortus*	University of Minnesota	MN
Bryant Tauer	Wright Hennepin Electric	MN

 

 

*denotes ex-officio

Meetings of the Board of Directors

The Board of Directors convenes periodically.  Regularly scheduled meetings are held in conjunction with the annual conference and a fall meeting in mid-September. Other meetings are scheduled as needed. Meetings are open to the public.

Membership

You are welcome to become a member of the MREC.  There are two types of memberships: Full and Affiliate.

Full Memberships are available to investor-owned utilities, state-wide rural electric cooperative associations and other utilities and utility organizations.  Full memberships require a formal petition to the Board of Directors.  Interested parties should contact the MREC secretary at mrec@uwex.edu.

Affiliate Memberships are available to other energy organizations, trade affiliates, educational institutions, individuals and entities that may desire membership.  To apply for membership send an e-mail message to the MREC secretary at mrec@uwex.edu.  Include the following information:

name
title
affiliation
address
telephone number
e-mail address
web address (if applicable)

The MREC secretary will confirm your membership and send you an invoice.  If you have any questions, contact the secretary at mrec@uwex.edu.

Membership Dues (annual)

Full Memberships

$4300 – for statewide electric cooperative associations
$1500 – for investor owned utilities

Affiliate Memberships

$450 – Corporate Affiliate: for an organization other than an investor owned utility or statewide electric cooperative organization.